Color lamp



E. F. OLIVER Nov. 24, 1931.

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Patented Nov. 24, 1931 BEEN F. OLIVER, OF CHICAGOQ'TLIJINOIS, ASSIGNORI'IU REYNOLDS ELECTRIGCOMPKNY,

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'l his invention relates to-colorwlamps or lighting devicesa'dapted to beiusednfor-prow willrappear fromithe ii ollowingc-description example, as an incandescentelectric light, or In theaccompanyingdravaings other source f l1ght,-and provided :Wlth "fl filgure :l 1S=3JV1BW in central verticalsecducing or obtaining-colored lights orglight-h-and claims and from anvinspectlon of ihe-acing eflects. L compan3nng drawings vwhichane-lriade,a part The invention relates more particularlyhereof.

to lamps (if-the classcommonlytknown as color lamps, having a case or globe formed ibinations details oft-construction; and arof or containingglassand adapted toen: fllangenientiand mode of-operation oi parts,

close or cover andprotect a light, such, for ilSllQB-Bl-ll described anclcl'aimed;

coloring mcans,for imparting a-desiredcolorition of an improvedcolorilampconstructed.

. or colors to rays oflightwemanalingironr. in iaccordance.withany invention;

coloring and illuminatingithe light-enclose wzontal:sectionntaken on line 2 -12 of l ig, 1 lng glass case or globe and surround ng oheets.

color lamp or lighting devioe,. adaptecl to beH-Jter by means of coloredlightinomwithin;

such enclosed or covered source oflightgzfor 13g. 2 is anenl arged cletailnviewiinliorilooking: 1 downward, andshow ngsthe cylin- -(.lI'1CLl-COlO1QCl glass llghtrscreenswhich,sur- The principal ob ect ofthisinventwn 1sroundsthelight Withinthetranslucenghghtto provide a simple,ieconomical.and'efliclenti enclos ng case or glQ f g;

used for producin or obtaining colored ;Fig.'8 is an enlarged: cletailiview in-[elevalights or lighting efiects ;andmore particunon of the upper portion ofthe colored light having an outer case or globe formed of or larly, toprovide an improved colon-lamp, ,screen shown in Fi 2;

Fig-e isadetail view inperspectiv of an comprising translucent glass orsemi-trans; angular-:metallic; strip for uniting thesecparentmaterial, adapted to enclose andcover tions of the colored light screen shownin v or protect a light, and having coloringmeans Figs. 2 and 3 ;-and

adapted to enable the rays of lightemanating vJ3 ig. 5 is aview incentral=vertical section from witlnnthe case or g lobe, to be colored of a -modified ir'orm ofmy x mprovedwlamp and caused to pass through-andradlateifroma andicolo ang meansor ligh-tscreen.

' the case or globe, for-coloring andillumina Inconstruct'ngan-improredlamp inacing theglobe and surroundingobjects. V w-cordancewith this invention, 1 provide a- -fiMy improved color lampguconstructed in .baselavhich may be on or'form iahpart of a accordance With-this invention, isprOVidedJ,lamp-post orcotheresuitable-istationary-:sup- Withnieans for enabling a case or globe-oportn -The-upper part 2 ot-the base is," by formed of or containing White translucent: preference :annulariand. .providedl xvith. an

. glass, sucln-forexample, as translucent-glass; upwardly. projecting; annular peripheral sired color or a plurality of di fferent colors Tframe members of thcrkind which 'is in common use inlamps flange iii-Which surrounds an:v annulaix. defor street lighting or other purposes, or-sim .pression or groove 4. .An: annular innerrim ilar translucentmaterial, to lJB-COlQIQCl and or shoulder 5-formsthe innerhwall otthe illuminatedand cause to glow" with any degroove 4:; and upright lamp supporting 6 aremounted oncthe top or shades, by causing colored rays of light face of an upper innerannular top.portion 7 produced andcoloredwithin the-:Jcase orofrthebasewhich isliollowi Afl angediupglobe or light-enclosing .member to pass mwardly-rand downwardlyghdjnstablelampthrough and to radiate 'fromthe latterw My: supporting frame or-fsocketwmembei' i' 8 is improved lamp alsoincludesmeans for en-.. "mounted onandnbetween the: upright frame 7 ablingmthe colors to be changed as desiredw :members 6,andladjustab1ysecured iniposiclosing member or globe.

Without changing the Jtranslucent light-en; rtion v hymeans of. horizontal.lheaded ibolts or v screws?) anchored inv ,dependingrside flanges (Other and further objects o f the invention The invention consists in-itlie featureslcom i so in the socket member 8 and extending through and in adjustable relation to upright elongated openings 10 in the upright frame members 6. The hollow base and annular top portion 7 of the base provide a central opening through which suitable insulated electric wires 11 extend, one end of each of said wires being connected with the lamp socket 8 in the usual manner, and the opposite ends being connected with the line or source of electric supply which may be of any ordinary and well known or desired form.

Suitable light-producing oremittingmeans is provided, which, in the form shown in the accompanying drawings, comprises, by preference, an incandescent electric lamp bulb 12 adapted to be mounted in the socket 8 and connected with the source of electric supply by means of the wires 11, or equivalent lighting means.

An outer light-enclosing member or case 13, which, by preference, comprises a globe formed of translucent glass having an annular bottom rim mounted in the flanged base 1, and an annular flanged top rim on the upper open end of the glob-e, which is covered by a top outer hood or canopy 1 1, which is, by preference, formed of the same or similar suitable translucent material and has a bottom annular peripheral flange 15, is provided and mounted in position to surround and enclose the light-producing means and light. The annular bottom flange 15 of the canopy surrounds the fianged top rim of the globe member 13 on which the cover or canopy is supported.

Suitable light-coloring means is provided which, by preference, comprises a colored light screen 16 formed of translucent or transparent colored glass, and mounted inside of the outer translucent case or globe in position to cover and surround or cover or surround the light-producing means and light within the globe, or to extend between the light-producing means and translucent case or globe, so as to color the rays of light produced within the latter and cause the translucent case or globe member to be colored and illuminated and caused to glow with any desired color or colors thus imparted by the colored rays of light produced and colored within and caused to pass outward through and to radiate from the translucent globe or case, for coloring and illuminating the same and surrounding objects.

In the form of lamp shown in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, the light-coloring means or light screen 16 comprises a cylindrical main body portion formed in two substantially semi-cylindrical sections 17 and 18 of colored glass secured together by means of upright angular double flanged metallic strips 19 which are Z-shaped in cross section and interposed between the adjacent straight upright edges of said semi-cylindrical glass sections, so that the outer upright flange of each of said strips overlaps the adjacent margin of one of said glass sections and the inner flange of each. of said angular strips overlaps the inner margin of the other one of said glass sections; both of said semi-cylindrical sections being bound together by a plurality of wire binding rings 20 which an seated in circumferential grooves formed between circumferential beads 21 on the peripheral surfaces of said sections 17 and 18. The wire binding rings are adapted to be tightened by twisting the ends of the wires forming each ring together; and the sections thus secured together form a cylinder or light-screen of colored glass, the bottom end of which is seated in the upper open flanged end or rim of an annular collar 22 the bottom peripherally flanged end of which fits over the annular upper shoulder 5 on the base top 7, and the upper flanged rim of which surrounds the bottom edge of said cylindrical colored lightscreen 16. (See Fig. 1.)

an inner color hood .8, formed of trans lucent or transparent colored glass of any desired color, is mounted on the inside of the outer translucent case or globe 13 in position to cover the light-producing means or electric lamp bulb, or to extend between the latter and the outer translucent globe 13 or canopy ll, or any desired part of the translucent 1i ght-enclosing outer case or globe, for coloring and illuminating the same by coloring the light which emanates from within and passes through the light-coloring means or light-screen formed by said colored hood and through said translucent outer light-enclosing member or case. The hood 28 may be used in connection with the cylindrical light-coloring screen comprising the connected colored glass sections 17 and 18, as shown in Fig. 1, or independently and without said sections or cylindrical color screen, as shown in Fig. 5, in which the outer light-enclosing globe or case including the globe 13 and canopy 14 of translucent glass are identically the same as shown in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 1, however, the hood member 23 of the colored glass light screen or lightcoloring means 16 is supported on the cylindrical light screen formed by the colored glass sections 17 and 18 to which said hood member is removably attached.

A tapered truncated-cone shaped annular collar 24, formed of sheet metal and having a depending outer circumferential flange 25 on its upper rim adapted to encircle and overlap the upper end margins of the connected light-screen sections 17 and 18, and having an inwardly projecting annular bot-- tom hoodsupporting flange 9.6 on the relatively small bottom annular rim and adapted to extend under the bottom annular rim of the inverted cup-shaped hood 28, is adapted .a-tageaagiee 3 to support said hood on: the -icylindri-culur iaine: 'chahgging the outer translucent; light-enclosbody portion ofthe coloredglassdight-screen ingscase orglobeawAny-deslred color or the light-coloring: means orJ-light-screena -co1ored light-screen sections 17 and 18 and F and form: a connection betweensaid'parts of The glass hood 23 is of smaller. diameterthan' the cylinder formed of the I twoueon'nected the tapered truncated-coneshapedbody por 1 tion of the 'collar 245 extends upward-and.-

outward at ananglebetween the bottom :end I o-f'thehood and-the-top end rim of-the 'cylim der formed" by said-connected sections 17 and 18 andconverges*toward the'center' t the source of "light, so asto-cast ra narr'ow sible, and form ,a' partition or dividing wall shadow and-obscure theilight as-little as=posebetween the said cylindrical part of-the'ligl1t-- screen and the colored -'glass"hood 23. The

' desired.

merging of different colo-rs'which it is 'desirable to keep separate and CllSt-lIlOfif-POID each": 7

1 other at their meeting edges,:is thus-prevent-- ed, sothat one-color-may b'eim-par-ted toy-thew canopy 1+1; and one or'more othercolors may be imparted to the globe member-"13',- as

When a single color is to be imparted to the entire translucent light-enclosingcase or; i globe, including'the parts 13 and .14, orany 1 desired form of light-enclosing translucent member to be colored and illuminated/by rays of light passingthrough thec olor screen" within the light-enclosing translucent mem- I her, the glass parts of the colorsscreen; or 1 light-screen-are made of glass of one and; the same color, WhICh' may be any desired color. WVhen the. translucent iylight-enclosing, means or globe is to be colored 'a-plurality of-- different colors imparted thereto bymeans olors--ma"y thus be imparted to the same l1ght-enc1osing case or" globe of white or other-translucent glass or its equivalent. 1;. Ina-Fig. '5 thelight-coloring means comprises aa cup-shaped--color-screen or lightscreen in -the-form of a colored glass h'ood 23 -mountedinside of the light-enclosing outer case or globe member 13 of white translucent glass,'covered by-the outer canopy 14 of the same or any suitable translucentglass or equivalent material.

uThehoodssh-aped color-screen or .lightscreen member 23-shown inFig. =5 is supportedk by the outer translucent glass globe 13 in position to extend over the light producing means orelectric lightbulb 12, and

'between the latter and thecanopy 1 1; so that said canopy will be colored by the colored rays otlightpassing through said hoodshaped light-coloring means or lightscreen. A tapered truncated-cone shaped annular colla r-,27, formed of=sheet metal and having a peripherally "proj ecting outer circumferential flange 28 on its upper annular rim adapted torest upon the top rim ofthe glass globe member 13, and having an inwardly projectin'gannular bottom color-screensupporting or h0odsupporting flange 29 on the relatively smallbottomannular rim of said tapered collar and adapted to extend under and in supporting engagement with thebottomannular rim of the inverted cup-shaped hood or color screen 23, is adapted to removably Zsupport said hood-shaped color-screen member 23 inposition; and the tapered truncatedconeshaped body of said collar 27 extends upward and outward at an angle between the of Colored y of g i gi "bottom end of thehood-shaped color screen same source and colored withinthe-trans-w lucent light enclosing case or globe, the coloring means or light-coloring screen is formed. of sections of glass of a plurality of different colors. For example, as shown in Fig. 1,

28,-and the'annular upper end rim of the globe 13, and converges toward the center of the source of light, so as tocast as narrow a shadow as possible, and obscurethe light as l ttle aspossible; and form a partition or glass section 17 is of orange or amber Colored diyidingadiaphragm'between the glass globe ber 13 is colored orange or amber by thecolored rays of light passing through the: semi-cylindrical orange or amber glass S8071 tion 17 and the other half of the normally is colored blue by the blue rays of light passing through and colored by the semi-cylindrical blue glass section 18 of the color screen 16. The color-screen 16 is adapted' to be readily removed and replaced by another of any desired color or colors, without member 13 and the canopy 14; The merging ofthecoloredrays of light passing through thebolor: screen 23 andcanopy 14 above the diaphragm or; tapered hood supporting colla'r 27- with the rays of light passing from the source of l'i g'ht 12 through the translucent glass globe 13 below said collar or diaphragm isthus prevented-hBy thus preventing-the blending of-the colored and white rays of light 'the desired contrast is obtainedalid preserved,

e I claim: white translucent glass globe member 13 -1-. InacOlor-"lamp, the combination of a,

base, a translucent-glass light=enclosing globe mouIitedon-said base a -translucent' glass canopymounted on andforming a translucent cover'for said globe member, light-producingmeans locatedinsideof the translucent globe' andcoloringmeanscomprising a'cylindrical colored glass light-screen mounted on said base and surrounding said light-producing means on the inside of said translucent globe, and acting to color the rays of light passing through said globe, and an upper colored glass light-screen extending over said light-producing means and across said cylindrical light-screen, said last-mentioned lightscreen member being of a different color from that of said canopy and adapted to impart a color to the canopy which is different from the color of the globe body.

In a color lamp, the combination of a base, a cylindrical translucent glass light-enclosing globe mounted on said base, a translucent glass canopy mounted on and forming a translucent cover for said globe member, light-producing means located inside of the globe, an inverted eup-shaped colored glass light-screen member adapted to extend over said ligl'it-producing means on the inside of the globe, for coloring rays of light emanating rrom said light-producing means, s a cup-shaped light-screen member being 01" :litierent color from that of said canopy and acting to impart a color to the canopy which is diii erent from the color ot the globe body, and means for support' aid colored lightm k screen member in position within the glob In a color lamp, the combination of base, a translucent glass light-enclosin g glob mounted on said base, a glass cover for sai globe, means for supporting a light-producing element on the inside of the globe, an inverted cup-shaped colored light screen member adapted to extend over said light producing means on the inside of the globe, and an annular tapered truncatee-cone shaped collar mounted inside of the globe in supporting engagement with the bottom annular rim of said cup-shaped light-screen member and extending upward and outward radially at an incline from said rim toward the upper rim of the globe. In a color lamp, the combination of a base, a translucent glass light-enclosing globe mounted on said base, a glass cover for said globe, means for supporting an electric light bulb on the inside of said globe, a cylindrical colored glass light-screen comprising a plurality oi segmental glass light-screen sections adapted to surround said light on the inside of said globe, metallic connecting means on and forming a connection between said lighting device on the inside of said globe, a cyscreen sections, a top colored glass lightscreen lindrieal colored glass light screen comprising a plurality of segmental glass lightscreen comprising a plurality of segmental glass light-screen sections mounted on the inside of aid globe and adapted to surround said electric lighting device, connecting means on and forming a connection between said light-screen sections, a top colored glass lightscreen member adapted to cover said light on the inside of said globe, and a tapered annular metallic supporting member mounted in supporting engagement with the peripheral rim of said top glass light-screen member and extending upward and outward at an incline from said rim and over the top annular rim of said cylindrical colored glass light screen.

6. In a color lamp, the combination of a base, a glass globe mounted on said base, a

cover for said globe, means for supporting an electric lighting device on the inside of said globe, a cylindrical colored glass light screen comprising a plurality of segmental glass-ligl1t-screen sections mounted on the inside of said globe and adapted to surround electric lighting device, con .n and forming a connection it-screen sections, an inverted cup-sharper 'ed glass light-screen member adapted to extend over said electric lighting device on the inside of said globe, and a tapered annular truncated cone-shaped sup porting collar in supporting engagement with the bottom annular rim of said cup-shaped light-screen member and extending upward and outward at an incline from said rim and removably attached to the upper rim of said cylindrical colored light-screen.

Signed at Chicago, in the county of Cool; and State of Illinois, this 28th day of February, 1929.

EBEN F. OLIVER. 

